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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Stunning white Early Purple Orchid on Cleeve Common Gloucestershire this morning @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Frampton on Severn Gloucester to Sharpness canal tow path sign at Splatt Bridge for #FingerPostFriday #Gloucestershire

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Happy #BreadDay to all who celebrate! #OnThisDay - 19 April - someone in #Pompeii felt so excited that they just had to record that: "XIII K(alendas) Maias panem feci" (CIL IV 8972) 'On April 19, I made bread' Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (84596)

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A wall-box in lovely Ragusa Iblea, oddly the only post box I spotted on my travels in #Sicily. For #PostboxSaturday 🇮🇹📮

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Jungle Ke Liang @junglekl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Primula tardiflora, April, Sichuan

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

For #FingerpostFriday, a rural sign in deepest #Sicily. An area of dazzling #orchids, ancient history and plunging gorges.

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Sadly our #Sicily sojourn has come to an end. I leave you with the beautifully preserved old olive press and a giant arancino starter from our lovely agriturismo, Masseria Santa Catrini.

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A day of two halves: orchids then Ragusa Iblea, a little gem. Plus gelato of course. #Sicily

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On our last full day on #Sicily, pleased to catch up with the eponymous Ophrys Laurensis on Monte Lauro

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Seen some impressive #Orobanche here in #Sicily, locally common. Here’s today’s: Orobanche Variegata on Broom.

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The archaeological museum at Agrigento is well worth a visit. Here are some lion-head waterspouts from the area, a fancy way to finish your guttering. #Sicily #AncientBluesky

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

No day out in the Mediterranean in April would be complete without a few orchids among some classical ruins. Here a lovely cluster of Bumblebee Orchids at Agrigento #Sicily #Orchids

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Modern bronze statue of fallen Icarus and Temple of Concordia, Agrigento #Sicily #AncientBluesky

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Goat with very curly horns near Agrigento #Sicily and pot, 6th century B.C., in the town’s archaeological museum, featuring the goat’s ancestor #AncientBluesky

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Former tuna fishery at Vendicari #Sicily historically also the site of garum manufacture

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Lots of these little ‘egagropili’ (balls of sea vegetation) on the beach at Vendicari #Sicily. Intriguing little things, like shipwrecked kiwi fruit.

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Ortigia #Sicily. Sparking blue water and sky.

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Doric columns of the ancient Temple of Athena still visible even though the building was converted into a cathedral #Ortigia #Sicily

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Quiet atmospheric back streets of Ortigia #Sicily

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Dyer’s alkanet (I think) and Ophrys Biancae on #Sicily today

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Ancient tracks in the limestone pavement in #Sicily filled with orchids and wildflowers

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Another colour-filled day in #Sicily with the common Lathyrus Clymenum

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Allegedly the owner of the luxurious Villa Romana del Casale #Sicily - on the left is Marcus Aurelius Maximianus, co-emperor with Diocletian, looking on as another tour group rattles through #Roman #mosaic

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

On a bird hunt at the Villa Romana del Casale #Sicily. A hunter has one in the hand, definitely better for him than the two in the bush #Roman #mosaic

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

After yesterday’s Mirror Orchid, more reflective delights from #Sicily today at the overwhelming Villa Romana del Casale

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Beautiful Pantalica in #Sicilia, rock tombs carved into the gorge

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Prostrate before a cluster of Ophrys bertolonii in #Sicilia @duncan-dine.bsky.social

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Ophrys speculum the fairest of them all? #Sicilia #orchids

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

As white as the snow on Etna’s peak (which we couldn’t see today due to cloud), an unexpected white Orchis Brancifortii lifted spirits in the unseasonal rain #Sicilia #orchid @duncan-dine.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This Anacamptis papilionacea in #Sicilia today was dazzling despite the unseasonably cold wet weather @duncan-dine.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

With apologies to Sicilians, these Ophrys Grandiflora put me in mind of Neapolitan ice-cream. As lovely as a good gelato. @europeanorchids.bsky.social @duncan-dine.bsky.social

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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

So had a walk over Selsley Common Gloucestershire this afternoon , happy days on the cusp of flowering Early - purple Orchid @ukorchids.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social

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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Worcestershire Roman silver Denarii Conquest Horde inc these of Julius Caesar of Elephants trampling on a snake what fantastic quality @theromansoc.bsky.social @romanhistory1.bsky.social

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

An Egyptian crocodile in the hoard of #Roman coins, buried by a long forgotten tree in Worcestershire. Part of the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard @theromansoc.bsky.social @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Could have spent hours gazing at the denarii in the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard 🤩 #Roman #Worcestershire @theromansoc.bsky.social @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum).

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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I’ve planted hundreds of Crocuses in the lawn to get Queen Buff Tailed Bumblebee smothered in nectar @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Could there be a more appropriate orchid for Bluesky!? Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum) phone-o-graph 📱

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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Not really bothered by the provenance of ( the escape ) wintering Cotswold Waterpark East Scarlet Ibis , because it’s a stunner

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The Theatre of Dougga (Tunisia), completed around the year 166 under Antoninus Pius. It was paid for by Publius Marcius Quadratus, a member of one of the wealthiest families in the city. Quite modest in size, the theatre could eat 3,500 people on its 19 semicircular tiers cut into the hill slope.

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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A little taste of spring today at Oxford Botanic Garden 🌞

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The oldest pillar box still in use in the UK, a diminutive example from 1853 at Holwell, Dorset. Cast in Gloucester. #PostboxSaturday

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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

We were in Cheltenham Gloucestershire mid week , by chance walked past the Gold Post Box for Alex Gregory who won Gold at London 2012 Olympics #PostBoxSaturday

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Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

More images of the auditorium in Santa Cruz de #Tenerife. Gleaming white but covered in tiny mosaic pieces

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